Oops. Forgot the link
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_spot_%28vision%29>
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/30/2013 11:49 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> And not only that, the retinal blind spot of approx 7.5 x 5.5 degrees is
> automagically filled in by the brain with whatever it thinks should be
> there... kinda like PhotoShop image fill. If you've ever wondered where
> that car had been when it suddenly appeared of the blue it might well
> have been exactly where your brain had told you it wasn't.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 1/28/2013 8:45 PM, DZDub wrote:
>> I seem to recall that either Locke or Hume argued that the mind/imagination
>> can supply a missing (unperceived) shade to fill a gap between neighboring
>> shades. Empirical conundrum.
>>
>> Joel W.
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Galaxy
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date:
>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: [OM] Vision
>>
>> Not me mate. I regard it as an intangible which we treat as if absolute.
>> Even avoiding the subjective problems of colour perception, I tend to
>> challenge students to tell me where colour actually exists. Mental CGI.
>> Andrew Fildes
>> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> www.soultheft.com
>> Author/Publisher: The SLR Compendium - http://www.blurb.com/books/3732813
>>
>>
>>
>> On 29/01/2013, at 3:25 AM, Brian Gray wrote:
>>
>>> But I am not sure what the view of professional Philosophers
>>> is on this since in my experience there is a tendency for tutors at an
>>> introductory level to regard an object's colour as an absolute
>>> characteristic of the object, and have enough difficulty coping with
>>> arguments about the effects of different ambient lighting.
>>> But one piece of advice, be careful for a while after the operation and
>>> try not to have an accident like one friend recently who went water
>>> skiing too soon afterwards and suffered a bad fall.
>>
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